"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection."~~By Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)~~ 
We have created Celebrating Father's Day in honor of all fathers affected by a suicide loss. All of these wonderful dads are always in our hearts and minds as they try to go through life being our pillars of strength, always protecting and loving us, while they try to recover from suicide grief. Some fathers are those that have lost a child, some are those that have lost a brother, sister or friend. All fathers are honored here, no matter their relationship to the one they have lost. Your efforts to continue on each day while grieving is very deserving of our acknowledgements.Here, you may share all forms of Father's Day thoughts, feelings, desires or whatever you would like.
Some ideas are: Writing a message to your father lost to suicide;
Send a loving note to a father you know that is suffering a loss, even if the loss was not his child;
Sharing a time in your life where either being a father was a special occasion or a special event happened or when someone else came through as a father for you;
Acknowledge your own father and what they have done for you, such as supporting you through your grief;
Celebrate your fatherhood of your child;
Send your blessings for your child;
Place items, pictures, copies of saved Father's Day cards from your child and etc.;
Siblings of those lost to suicide could place notes and share memories of Father's Day's past;
Whatever else that you would like to share, it does not have to be listed here. If you would like to submit items to our Father's Day Celebration, click on the email link at the bottom of the page. We will add your submission at our first available moment. You need not be a member of our organization or any of our affiliates to send a submission.
My wife gave me a book with empty pages called "A Father's Legacy". It is a book for the father to write in about his life for his children to read and here is what my response is to that. A Father's LegacyA father's legacy is a story to be told
For his children to read when he gets old
He tells of his life and all the things he has done
A record of events since his life had begun
His childhood and school years of days long ago
As he relives the memories like a motion picture show
Most every father would be proud of their life
With the ups and downs along with the strife
For me, my legacy is a hard one to write
For I lost my son in the middle of the night
How do you compare such a tragic fate
When your life did change upon that date
How can I be proud of the life I have lived
When grief and pain leaves nothing to forgive
When holidays once cheerful and grand
Now seem lost so empty and bland
How can I write the way that I feel
When nothing is right and nothing seems real
As I awaken each day after day
I remember the last words I did say
So hard to accept the fate that he chose
No answers to find because no one knows
So how does a father write a legacy of life
When no one understands not even his wife
A life once happy filled with his love
Still searching for answers from God above
A father's legacy I can not write
My son took his life and that is not right
A father's legacy is a story to be told
But my legacy will remain a story untold© Author: Robert Walters Sr.
Dad of Robbie
08-16-1973 to 12-14 2002
I found my son and cried!
I wish it was I who had died!
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To Honor My Husband, Their Dad To my wonderful Pete,
An exceptional Dad,
The only one our children
Have really ever hadYou made them yours,
With all their fears.
You held their hands
And wiped their tears. No step-dad here,
As may suggest,
Yet as their dad
You've been the best. Thank you for maryying me and my children. We love, always. Jill Goodnight-More'e
Tisha's momma forever
July 25,1984 - February 20,2004
"So much love, so little time."
~ Memorial Site ~
What Makes A Dad God took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree,
The warmth of a summer sun,
The calm of a quiet sea,
The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of night,
The wisdom of the ages,
The power of the eagle's flight,
The joy of a morning in spring,
The faith of a mustard seed,
The patience of eternity,
The depth of a family need,
Then God combined these qualities,
When there was nothing more to add,
He knew His masterpiece was complete,
And so, He called it ... Dad Author Unknown
A Father's Love Fathers seldom say "I love you"
Though the feeling's always there,
But somehow those three little words
Are the hardest ones to share.
And fathers say "I love you"
In ways that words can't match -
With tender bedtime stories -
Or a friendly game of catch!You can see the words "I love you"
In a father's boyish eyes
When he runs home, all excited,
With a poorly wrapped surprise. A father says "I love you"
With his strong helping hands -
With a smile when you're in trouble
With the way he understands.
He says "I love you" haltingly,
With awkward tenderness -
(It's hard to help a four-year-old into a party dress!) He speaks his love unselfishly
By giving all he can
To make some secret dream come true,
Or follow through a plan. A father's seldom-spoken love
Sounds clearly through the years -
Sometimes in peals of laughter,
Sometimes through happy tears. Perhaps they have to speak their love
In a fashion all their own.
Because the love that fathers feel
Is too big for words alone! ~ Author Unknown ~
When Fathers Weep at Graves I see them weep
the fathers at the stones taking off the brave armor
forced to wear in the work place clearing away the debris
with gentle fingers inhaling the sorrow
diminished by anguish their hearts desiring
what they cannot have-- to walk hand in hand
with children no longer held-- to all the fathers who leave a part
of their hearts at the stones may breezes underneath trees of time
ease their pain as they receive healing tears
...the gift the children give. Alice J. Wisler
A Dad's Grief It must be very difficult
to be a man in grief.
Since "men don't cry" and
no tears can bring reliefIt must be very difficult
to stand up to the test.
And hold calls and visitors
so she can get some rest. They always ask if she's all right
and what she's going through.
But seldom takes his hand
and asks, "My friend, how are you?" He hears her crying in the night
and thinks his heart will break
And dries the tears and comforts her
But "stays strong" for her sake. It must be very difficult
to start each day anew
And try to be so very brave
He lost his baby too....... Author Unknown
When I See Through Daddy's Eyes I see a man who is a hero,
When I see him through my eyes.
But I see a man who's just a Father,
When I see through Daddy's eyes.He doesn't know that he's special
Or that he puts rainbows in my skies.
But, I sure know that he loves me,
When I see through daddy's eyes. They say I have my Father's eyes,
But it's more the ability to see
The blessings God has given us;
When I see my Father in me. He's nothing short of a hero
And, to me, that's no surprise.
For I can see how much he loves me,
When I see through Daddy's eyes. © 2005 by Claytia Doran
Claytia is a Heavenly Inspirations Author.
This writing may be used in its entirety, with credits intact,
for non-profit ministering purposes.
Father's Day Warm and sunny day in June
Father's Day
Children, small and grown
Give gifts to father
Say thanks to father
Say I Love You.But there are fathers
Whose children are not here
To give gifts and say thanks
And say I Love You. Remember the fathers
Whose children are gone,
Because they will always be
Fathers at heart. Sascha
 
 
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